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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 69
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A Messianic Psalm of David—The zeal of the Lord’s house hath eaten him up—Reproach has broken his heart—He is given gall and vinegar to drink—He is persecuted—He will save Zion.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON SHOSHANNIM, A PSALM OF DAVID.</span></center>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
Save</span> me, O God; for the waters are come in unto <i>my</i> soul.
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I sink in deep mire, where <i>there is</i> no standing: I am come into <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 130: 1; D&C 122: 7 (7-8).">deep</a> waters, where the floods overflow me.
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I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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They that <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hate.">hate</a> me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, <i>being</i> mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored <i>that</i> which I took not away.
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O God, thou knowest my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Foolishness.">foolishness</a>; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/9a" mark="a" type="C" title="John 2: 14 (14-17); TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about; TG Zeal.">zeal</a> of thine house hath eaten me up; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/69/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproaches</a> of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;10 
When I wept, <i>and chastened</i> my soul with <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fasting.">fasting</a>, that was to my reproach.
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I made sackcloth also my garment; and I become a proverb to them.
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They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I <i>was</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 30: 9.">song</a> of the drunkards.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;13 
But as for me, my prayer <i>is</i> unto thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>in</i> an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 16: 33 (31-33).">pit</a> shut her mouth upon me.
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Hear me, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; for thy lovingkindness <i>is</i> good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Mercy of.">mercies</a>.
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And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
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Draw <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="James 4: 8 (7-8); D&C 88: 63.">nigh</a> unto my soul, <i>and</i> redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
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Thou hast known my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a>, and my <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/69/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Shame.">shame</a>, and my dishonour: mine adversaries <i>are</i> all before thee.
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Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/20a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mark 14: 33 (32-41); TG Despair; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">heaviness</a>: and I looked <i>for some</i> to take pity, but <i>there was</i> none; and for comforters, but I found none.
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They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/21a" mark="a" type="C" title="Matt. 27: 34; Mark 15: 36; Luke 23: 36; John 19: 29 (28-29); TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">vinegar</a> to drink.
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Let their table become a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 8: 14 (13-15); Rom. 11: 9 (9-12); 2 Ne. 18: 14 (13-15); D&C 10: 26.">snare</a> before them: and <i>that which should have been</i> for <i>their</i> welfare, <i>let it become </i>a trap.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spiritual Blindness.">see</a> not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Let their habitation be <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 12: 7; Jer. 22: 5; Matt. 23: 38; Acts 1: 20 (16-20).">desolate</a>; <i>and</i> let none dwell in their tents.
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For they persecute <i>him</i> whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
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Add <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 27: 25 (24-25).">iniquity</a> unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
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Let them be blotted out of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Book of Life; TG Record Keeping.">book</a> of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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But I <i>am</i> poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 34: 38; D&C 46: 7.">thanksgiving</a>.
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<i>This</i> also shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 15: 22.">please</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> better than an ox <i>or</i> bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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The humble shall see <i>this, and</i> be glad: and your heart shall live that <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 101: 38.">seek</a> God.
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For the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> heareth the poor, and despiseth not <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/33a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR those that are in bonds for his sake.">his</a> prisoners.
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Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
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For God will save <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/69/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 65: 9.">Zion</a>, and will <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/69/35b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR rebuild.">build</a> the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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